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Hitler’s Hatred
I. Introduction
A. Provide background information.
1. Hitler was born on April 20th, 1889, born to Americans in 1932, and committed suicide on April 30th, 1945.
2. The Nazi party became known when Hitler was elected president of Germany.
3. As Hillary Swank’s character states in Freedom Writers, “one man decided to give them some pride”.
4. Anti-Semitism is the hatred of Jews and was the main conflict of the Holocaust beginning in 1933 and ending in 1945.
B. Thesis Statement- Because of Adolf Hitler’s want for perfection, his prejudicial acts, and his destruction of property, many people will never be able to live their life the same.
II. Body
A. Hitler wanted perfection.
1. Aryans were the “ideal race” according to Hitler.
a. They had blonde hair.
b. They also had blue eyes.
c. Pail skin was wanted.
2. Hitler needed to blame someone for his difficult life.
3. Hitler himself was not the ideal race.
B. Hitler made many prejudicial acts.
1. Jews sent to concentration camps to work.
a. Jews, Blacks, intellectuals, and other non-Aryan people were sent to work for Hitler and his men.
b. They were often sent in uncomfortable, overcrowded, and filthy freight cars.
c. Living in unfit conditions with little food made working hard.
2. Some died in gas chambers.
a. Those unfit to work were sent to gas chambers to die.
b. Most were mentally or physically handicapped.
3. Jews were sent to live in ghettos.
a. Unfit living conditions made life very difficult.
C. Hitler caused destruction of Jews and their property.
1. Hitler and his men took property belonging to Jews.
2. Hitler closed businesses owned by Jews.
3. Nazi soldiers ruined non-Jewish homes in search for hidden Jews.
III. Conclusion
A. Jews and many other people will never be able to live the same way they could have due to Hitler’s prejudicial acts, his want for perfection, and his destruction of the world and its people.
B. Close with an effective quotation: “The Jews were not condemned to die for their religious beliefs or for their political opinions. Nor were they an economic or military threat to the Nazi state. They were killed not for what they had done but for the simple fact of their existence.” (Wistrich xi)